Drilling Concrete

Concrete is dense, often reinforced, and tougher on your gear — so choosing the right drill bit and checking your drill machine’s chuck type is essential. Whether you’re drilling fixings, anchors, or cutting clean holes through slabs, we’ve laid out the best options for the job below.

Not Sure What Fits?

Not sure whether your machine takes SDS Plus or SDS Max? Check our compatibility chart – or get in touch. Every drill bit on this page is trade-trusted and built for performance.

SDS PLUS
SDS PLUS

Fits rotary hammer drills with an SDS Plus chuck and is the most common choice for concrete fixings and anchors.

Designed for fast, efficient drilling in light to medium concrete, SDS Plus drills use hammer action to break material while the carbide tip cuts cleanly. Ideal for everyday installation work where speed and control matter.

SDS Max
SDS Max

Built for heavy-duty drilling with SDS Max rotary hammer drills. The 18 mm shank will not fit an SDS Plus machine.

SDS Max drills deliver higher impact energy, making them ideal for large-diameter holes, deep drilling, and structural or reinforced concrete. Best suited to professional and site-based applications where sustained power is required.

Wet Diamond Core Drills
Wet Diamond Core Drills

Designed for precision drilling in concrete and reinforced concrete using a water feed.

Wet diamond core drills reduce heat, dust, and cracking, producing clean, accurate holes in dense or structural materials. Typically used with rigs or specialist drilling equipment for slab, wall, and service penetration work.

TCT Core Drills
TCT Core Drills

Tungsten Carbide Tipped core drills remove a full core of material for fast, clean holes in concrete.

Ideal for non-reinforced concrete when installing pipes, vents, ducting, or cable runs. Designed for use with a compatible pilot drill and machine for controlled cutting. Not suitable for reinforced concrete.

PROFI & EXTREME MASONRY
PROFI & EXTREME MASONRY

Designed for combi and rotary drills with a standard 3-jaw chuck.

Suitable for light concrete, brick and block where SDS or core drilling is not available. Extreme Concrete drills have the same carbide tip as Profi with an SDS-style spiral on a round shank – they drill like an SDS bit in a standard hammer drill.

Not recommended for reinforced or structural concrete.

Rebar Cutters
Rebar Cutters

Designed for drilling through reinforced concrete.

Rebar cutters are used when standard masonry or SDS bits encounter steel reinforcement. Ideal for structural fixings and anchors where rebar is present behind concrete.

Best suited to professional and site-based applications.

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